Time
The Events laid out in scripture
seem to be as follows:
1). The rapture of the Church - this can happen at anytime in the
future, even now.
2). The Antichrist signs a 7 year covenant with Israel. This begins the
7 year tribulation.
3). Following that is the judgments, first the Seal Judgments, which
lead into the Trumpet Judgments, Then the Vial Judgments.
4). Halfway through the Tribulation (probably between the sixth and
seventh Trumpet), the Antichrist is killed, and rises from the dead.
When he rises from the dead, Satan will possess his body and control
him completely. He will demand worship from everyone, killing all those
that refuse to worship him.
5). The Tribulation will end with Christ coming back (at the end of the
7 years) with those that were raptured, and a battle will take place
called the Battle of Armageddon. Jesus defeats them all, and Satan and
the antichrist are bound and thrown into the bottomless pit. The 1,000
year millennium directly follows.
6). The millennium is 1,000 years where Christ reigns and rules the
entire world, and peace is complete. sin is no longer, neither is
death. Animals will live together, there will be no more wars, it will
be about perfect.
7). At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan is loosed from the bottomless
pit. He then goes and deceives those that are not saved (those born
during the millennium still have to make a personal decision to follow
Christ). They unite against Christ for war, but Christ destroys them
immediately, ushering in the eternal age, where every person either
spends eternity in heaven, or the lake of fire.
